Wind-guard for tobacco-pipes.



N0. 838,659. PATENTED DEC. 18, 1906. R. K. SINCLAIR.

WIND GUARD FOR TOBACCO PIPES.

APPLIOATION FILED MAB.29.1906.

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ROBERT KNOX SINCLAIR. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

WIND-GUARD FOR TOBACCO-PIPES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed March 29,1906. Serial No. 308.646.

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Be it known that 'I, ROBERT KNox SIN- CLAIR, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in London, England, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to WVind-Guards for Tobacco-Pipes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to windguards for tobacco-pipes, and has for its object to provide an improved wind-guard which can be adjusted to shield the pipe from wind blowing in any particular direction, at the same time permitting ready access to the bowl of the pipe when so desired. The guard is, furthermore, of such construction and arrangement as to permit it to be readily applied to the pipe or when not required to be removed ghcrlefrom, providing an ample opening to the According to this invention the wind-guard is preferably formed of telescopic or folding plates or members adapted to lie folded level with the pipe-bowl, or approximately so, when not in use, or raised or expanded when required in the form of a hood, which rises above the level of the mouth of the pipe bowl, at the same time leaving a sufficient opening for the admission of air to the bowl. The guard may, however, be formed all in one piece.

Two forms of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of one form, and Fig. 2 a sectional elevation; Fig. 3, a plan; Fig. 4, a similar View to Fig. 2 in the closed position. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of a modified form of the invention. Fig. 6 shows another modification wherein the hood is made in one piece.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, the folding hood consists of one or more sections a a a-say threemounted upon a common ivot b at their ends in a ring 0, adapted to fie rotated upon the pipe-bowl (Z for the purpose of placing the hood in such position as to shield the pipebowl from the wind.- The hood may be curved, as shown, or other shape when erected and may extend for half-way across the bowl, more or less. The rotary movement is secured by causing the rotary ring 0 to engage by a pin or projection c with a groove 0 around the pipe-bowl itself, or, as

shown, the groove 0 may be formed in a ring 6, fitted thereto, and the said groove 0 may have an opening or openings e from the edge of the bowl or ring in suitable position or positions, whereby the pin or pins 0 may be disengaged, allowing the hood to be detached or replaced, as desired. The fixed ring e, upon which the hood is mounted, may be of finished appearance in itself, so as not to de tract from the appearance of the pipe when the guard is removed, and the guard and ring 0 may be so constructed that the ring may be readily fitted to existing pipes. For instance, as shown in Fig. 5, the rlng 0 may be so made that it may be tightly secured to the pipe by being pressed thereonto and pulled off and replaced or turned round in another position, as occasion requires, and the ring 6 will in this case be dispensed with.

It is possible to make the cowl or hood in one piece of metal instead of making it in sections. Although not so compact in use, a hood so made may be mounted in the manner previously described, either rotary or an adjustable ring, which fits tightly onto the pipe. Such a construction is shown in Fig. 6, (1 being the pipe-bowl, as before, and a the hood, formed in one with a ring 0 Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is 1. The improved wind-guard for tobaccopipes formed of telescopic or folding plates or members adapted to lie folded level with the pipe-bowl or approximately so when not in use or raised when required in the form of a hood open at one side, substantially as set forth.

2. An improved wind-guard for tobaccopipes, consisting of telescopic members pivotally mounted u on a ring detachably secured to the pipeowl, said telescopic members being adapted to lie folded approximately level with the pipe-bowl.

3. In a wind-guard for tobaccoipes, the combination of a ring adapted to e adjustably secured to the pipe-bowl, and telescopic members pivotally mounted upon said ring.

ROBERT KNOX SINCLAIR.

Witnesses:

G. F. WARREN, I/VALTER J. SKERTEN.

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